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During a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 1980s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who has recently lost his job, sets himself on fire in front of the Municipal Council.
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Giancarlo Giannini Lina Sastri Aldo Giuffrè Leo Gullotta Marzio Honorato Carlo Croccolo Clelia Rondinella Armando Marra Gerardo Scala Tommaso Palladino Renato Rutigliano Gino Briglione Antonio Allocca Remo Remotti Nicola Di Pinto Raffaele Fiore Italo Celoro Carmine Faraco Lunetta Savino Fiorenzo Serra Antonio Prester Carlo Taranto Vittorio De Bisogno Aldo Barone
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